In this section, you will learn the various techniques used to implement security in Azure App Services. It offers services that implement the industry-renowned OAuth 2.0 and OpenID Connect protocols and work with multiple identity providers. A quick definition of some of the terms used across this chapter are provided later for easier understanding.
Identity provider: Services responsible for providing authentication tokens for users looking to interact with a system, for example, Facebook, Google, and Microsoft.
OAuth: This is an open source protocol that allows users to share their private resources such as photos, videos, or contacts lists stored on a site to another site without having to hand out their password. For example, you sign up for a music streaming service, and it offers you an option to share your playlist with your friends. It redirects you to Facebook to log in and then you are asked if you want to share your friend list with the streaming service. You click on...
